Technology

According to research, one in six consumers currently owns and uses wearable technology. It’s why the sight of people paying for goods with their smartwatches and tracking calorie burns on the treadmill with flicks of the wrist are becoming every-day sights. Wearable technology hasn’t enjoyed the healthiest of upbringings, either, which makes their growing prevalence in society even more surprising. Remember Google Glass? The search giant’s take on facial wearable technology was announced in 2012, but despite the inevitable fan fare it received, Glass was subjected to a great deal of criticism and ultimately Google announced that it would stop…

‘Ding!’ – another email! That inevitably means yet more time lost to reading, replying, forwarding and then doing the same again as the inbox continually fills up. But, we do it, don’t we? Every single time that message klaxon sounds. Technology is, undoubtedly, an incredibly exciting part of modern day life. We’ve become so accustomed to devices and apps that help us do everything from remembering where we parked the car to finding a suitably-located restaurant for the night that their benefit is easily overlooked. Unfortunately, this reliance on the digital realm brings with it one or two problems, too….

We’ve all been there – sat in a dull, grey-walled room that features uncomfortable metal chairs and a complete absence of character as the tutor moves onto slide seventy-six of their presentation. Time itself stands still and you feel like a kid again, waiting for the clock on the wall to strike the hour that signals ‘home time’. Traditional training sessions, while still entirely relevant in certain situations, are gradually giving way to new forms of employee development. Learning can now be conducted anywhere, at any time and with pretty much any device you have to hand. Mobile learning, social…